Saturday, May 24, 2014

A Walk thru the Garden....


Since I haven't had a garden blog in some while, at least a couple of weeks....I decided to post one....be aware this is photo heavy.....
the above pic is one of the climbing roses....
that one that is doing great.

                                                                  a row of Irises



Here are the two tomatoes plants I have planted with marigolds...they are blooming...
haven't seen any little tomatoes yet.

 
one of the potato's towers
I have this year, this will be as high
as I will built it this year.
 

                                        one of the new blackberry briars planted this year

two different views of the same rose
the second pic you can see the white on it
                                               
                                                             the ice plant in the sink


 
                                                                my two hostas

              
                                               another rose bush. Can you tell I love roses...


                                                                        Sunflowers

 
The other tomato plant I have planted so far this year....its blooming as well...

Hens and chicks in cooler
                                           
 
                                        one of the grape vines I planted last year is in bloom.yay..

 
                                                    mound of Mums

 
                                                           Squash coming up...have planted more


                                                  A row of peppers, green peppers

 
                                                                Another rose in bloom

 
                                                   My creeping thyme and lavender.

 

                                                                 row of leaf lettuce


            first time growing Swiss chard, now to find some recipes to use this in


                                              first time growing broccoli as well

                       
 
just a few more pepper plants...about 4 of these are jalapenos
 
 
my bean plants.
 
Wasn't gonna grow any beans this year until the youngest decided I need to need to...she loves to go out in the garden and just eat them off the bush/vine....
 
have started another afghan ...will post pic soon.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

new pet, irises are blooming....others


This is Beauty , our new rabbit, black beauty is her name, just got her yesterday....I know I should have waited to breed her, but couldn't find anything on how long you need to wait when you first get a doe rabbit, So I bred her to Moe, lionhead buck who has Siamese coloring.


Here is my youngest daughters baby bunnies, they are approximately about 3 weeks old...Daddy was Moe, thinking about keeping one of the calicos...she had a total of 7 , we lost one this past week, it was so tiny.....


Some of the baby chicks that I am keeping back as of right now, might rehome a few once they are grown or put in the freezer depending on what they are.....there is Columbian bantam cochins, and some out of my Blue/Splash bantam cochin pen, a couple of EE for my youngest and a few egg layers in there as well....and two buff bantam cochins.
I have turned the heat lamp off during these very warm days, some are almost feathered out and ready to move them out of where I got them at , as soon as a pen is build, never ending project here, lol

                                        Here is one of the Columbian bantam cochin chicks

                                                            Now on to the garden............

       one of my Blackberry  are blooming, I looked at the patch I usually go and pick at, and the farmer has either sprayed or mowed them down....so I will only be picking from the garden this year, I guess. The other blackberries in the garden that are big enough to bloom are beginning to bloom as well.

                              
                     One of the 3 tomato planters I have....decided to plant them in a pot this year
                                                                        so far




My irises are blooming and thinking about it here.....just love my irises....